Vending-machine.



7 2 258. PATBNTBD PEB. 14 1905. No 8 W. Moc. MACK.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLITION FILED JUNE 3,1901.

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W/ TNESSE S ATTORNEYS N 7 z, PATENTED FE11M 1905.

o 8 258 w. MGC. MACK.

VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1901.

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R hk A TTOHNE YS No. 782,258. PATENTED PEB. 14, 1905. W. MUC. MACK.

VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1901.

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W/TNESSES L] /N VENTOH En By ATTO EVS UNITED STATES Patented Februaryr 14, 1905.

PATENT UEETCE.

VlLLIAM MCCOY MACK, OF WEST BUXTON, MAINE, ASSIG'NOR TO VILLARD URIAH PIKE, OF BUXTON, MAINE.

VENDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,258, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed .Tune 3,1901. Serial No. 62,937.

To fr//y H'tfmt it 'nm/y concern:

Be it known that l, 'ILLImuAIot/or Mack, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of l'Vest Buxton, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Vending-Machine, of which the Vfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled machines 'for vending cigars or like articles; and the object is to provide a machine of simple construction and having a simple means for preventing the operation of the machine by the insertion of a coin or other device other than the coin for which the machine is adapted, and, further, to so construct the device that only one cigar can be delivered at a time.

l will describe a vending-machine embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

liigure l is a rear elevation of a vendingmachine embodying my invention with the back of the casing removed. Fig. 2 is a section on the line r w of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section on the line w w of Fig. 1. Ifig. 4 is asec tion on the line ,r .r of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a section on the line y y of 'Fig'. l, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line of Fig. at.

Referring' to the drawings, l designates the casing, divided into upper and lower compartments by a partition 2. The upper compartment is designed to receive a box of cigars. l have here shown a cigar-box 3 as centered or held in place by means of clamp-nuts 4f on bolts 5, attached tothe machine-casing. A short coin-chute 6 leads tln'oug'h the front of the casing at a downward incline and is designed to discharge coins 0r other articles upon a platform T, which is also arranged at a downward incline. This platform 7 is mounted to swing' at one side on a rod 8, and it is normally inclined laterally, so that should a coin or other device lighter than the coin designed for use in the machine slide upon said platform it will slide off at one side or down the incline and fall into the machinecasing. Should an article or coin heavier than that designed to he fed upon the platform be used, its weight will cause it to tilt, throwing said device downward into the casing of the machine. Should an iron washer or other device capable of attraction by a magnet be inserted, it will he stopped and held by thc permanent magnet 9, having its polesl near one side of the platform 7. The platform 7 is also provided with an opening 10, through which pennies or other small coins will fall. Should a nickel, for which this machine is intended, he inserted, it will slide along' the platform and drop into a hopper 11 to perform its service` as will be hereinafter described.

Arranged across the casing in the lower compartment is a shaft i2', upon the central portion of which a (.lelivery-wheel i3 is mounted. This delivery-wheel is provided with a series of pockets, each oneadapted to receive a single cigar which falls from the box 3. At the forward portieri of the casing. at the upper portion of thedelivery-wheel, is adowmwardly and inwardly extended guide-plate 14E and at the rear side is a downwardly and inwardly extended guide-plate l5, having' a portion 16 in the form of a segment or conforming to the shape of the wheel. This rear guide 15 i6 will prevent the delivery of more than one cigar at a time, because the cigars in the pockets opposite the segment 1G will be prevented from Vfalling out, while the cigar in the space or pocket immediately below it will fallout and drop upon an inclined platform iT, which discharges the cigar through a small opening 1S in the front of the machine at the bottom. It is desired that the cigar shall be tilted endwise. Therefore when a cigar drops upon the platform it will strike against acurved deflector-plate 19 at the upper end of the platform 17 and near one side, and the other end of the cigar will engage against the upper side of a curved deflector-platc Q0 at the upper end of the platform and at the side opposite the de- Iiector 19. As will he noted by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, by this construction the cigar will be caused to turn and discharge with the point first through the opening 1S.

Fixed to the shaft 12 at one side of the delivery-wheel are coin-receiving disks 21 and 22. These coin-receiving disks are each provided on the inner side with radial teeth 23. The spaces between the teeth of one disk are arranged directly opposite the spaces between the teeth of the other disk, and into these spaces the coins are designed to drop, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. Mounted to swing on the shaft l2 between the coin-receiving disks is a lever 24, which extends outward through the front of the machine, and at itsinner end it has an upward projection or lug 25, designed to engage with a coin. It is` held normally downward by means of a spring 26, fastened at one end to the lever and at the other end to the casing.

On the shaft l2, at the opposite side of the delivery-wheel from that occupied by the coinreceiving wheels,is a stop-wheel 27. This stopwheel is provided with a series of peripheral notches equal in number to the pockets of the delivery-wheel and also equal in number to the spaces for receiving the coins. This stopwheel is normally engaged by the rounded end of a crescent-shaped dog 28, which is mounted to swing and to slide on a pin 29, said pin being passed through a slot 30 in said dog. A lever or arm 3l engages at its free end with a projection on the dog, and it is held normally upward by means of a spring 32.

In operation upon inserting a coin of suitable denomination it will slide down the platform 7 into the hopper ll and thence to the coin-receiving disks. By swinging the lever 24 upward its projection or lug 25 will engag'e with the coin and impart a slight rotary movement to the shaft l2-that is, a movement sufficient to move the pocket containing tance to free the pointed end.

a cigar below lthe lower end of the plate 16. During this movement the dog 28 will be rocked, causing its pointed end to engage against a tooth of the stop-wheel, moving the rounded end out of engagement with the wheel until the wheel is rotated a slight dis- Then the dog will be forced quickly back to its normal position by means of the spring 32 and the lever 3l, thus, as the rounded end of this dog fits snugly in a notch of' the wheel, preventing any backward movement or forward movement of the delivery-wheel. It may be here stated that the platform 7 is held in its normal position by means of a counterweight 33, attached to an arm extended from the pivoted side of said platform.

In connection with the machine I provide a cigar-tip cutter which is operated by the reveaes turn or downward movement of the actuating-lever 24. This tip-cutter consists of a blade 34, mounted to slide in a recess in the front of the casing and at the inner side of a plate 35. The sharpened end of this cutter is designed to move across an opening 36, in which the tip of the cigar is placed. Vhen severed, the tip will fall into a tray 37, placed in the casing. This tray also has a compartment 38 to receive the coins passed from the coin-receiving disks.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a casing, a shaft mounted therein, a deliverywheel in the casing, a pair of coin-receiving disks on the shaft, the said disks having on their inner faces radial lugs, the spaces between which are designed to receive coins, the opposite lugs being in fixed relation to each other, a lever mounted to swing on the shaft and having a projection for engaging with a coin received in the disks, and a retarding or stop device for the shaft, substantially as specified.

2. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a casing, a shaft arranged therein, a deliverywheel mounted on the shaft, coin-receiving devices on the shaft, means for operating the shaft by engaging with a coin in the receiving devices, a stop-wheel on the shaft and having notches inits periphery, a crescent-shaped dog having a blunt end and a sharp end, the blunt or rounded end being normally engaged with the stop-wheel, and a spring' for moving said dog to its normal position, substantially as specified.

3. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a casing, a shaft arranged therein, a deliverywheel on the shaft and having pockets, a coinreceiving device on the shaft, means for operating the shaft by engaging with a coin in the receiving device, a stop-wheel on the shaft and having notches in its periphery equal to the number of pockets in the delivery-wheel, a curved'dog mounted to swing and to slide, the said dog having a sharp end and a blunt end, the said blunt end being adapted to engage tightly in a notch of the stop-wheel, and means for moving the dog to normal position, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MCCOY MACK.

Witnesses:

HATTIE D. HoBsoN, CHARLES BUTLER.

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